News About The Space Shuttle News About The Space Shuttle 16-MAY-08 en-us <![CDATA[STS-124 Astronauts Wrap Up Launch Rehearsal]]> Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 12, 2008 - The seven-member STS-124 crew participated Friday in a launch dress rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Discovery's Payloads Installed]]> Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 06, 2008 - Space shuttle Discovery made the long, slow trek out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday. Carried by the slow-moving crawler-transporter, the shuttle assembly atop the mobile launcher platform began rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at 11:47 p.m. EDT Friday night and was secured at the pad at 6:06 a.m. The 3.4-mile journey is one of the last major milestones leading up to the launch of Discovery on the STS-124 mission, targeted for May 31.]]> <![CDATA[Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives At Launch Pad]]> Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 05, 2008 - After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-124 mission. A launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, is scheduled to take place at Kennedy from May 6 to 9.]]> <![CDATA[Discovery's Next Move: Rollout to Pad 39A]]> Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 02, 2008 - Space shuttle Discovery is set to complete the final leg of its preflight journey May 3, making the 3.4-mile trek from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A. Perched atop the mobile launcher platform, the shuttle assembly will roll out to the oceanside launch complex atop the massive crawler-transporter at less than one mile an hour.]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Discovery Ready For Final Assembly And Checkout]]> Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Apr 29, 2008 - Space shuttle Discovery rolled into the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, where the shuttle's external tank and two solid rocket boosters awaited. Discovery was then lifted to vertical inside the building's 50-story-tall transfer aisle, lowered into a high bay and joined with the tank and boosters atop the mobile launcher platform.]]> <![CDATA[NASA faces long odds in shuttle schedule]]> Washington (UPI) April 25, 2008 - The United States' three-ship space shuttle fleet faces "significant challenges" in its future orbiter work, the U.S. government has warned.]]> <![CDATA[Hope Takes Flight On Shuttle Discovery]]> Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Apr 17, 2008 - The cargo aboard the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124 already has traveled halfway around Earth, more than 10,000 miles over land and sea. It's now ready for the culmination of its 23-year journey to the International Space Station.]]> GMV, at the heart of Navigation]]> <![CDATA[NASA reschedules shuttle launch date]]> Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 1, 2008 - The U.S. space agency has announced a new launch date for space shuttle Discovery and its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station.]]> <![CDATA[Shuttle Endeavour returns after record-setting mission to ISS]]> Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 27, 2008 - Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are home after carrying Japan's maiden space laboratory and a Canadian repair robot to the International Space Station on a record-setting mission.]]> <![CDATA[Endeavour Crew Prepares For Landing]]> Houston TX (SPX) Mar 26, 2008 - The crew of space shuttle Endeavour is spending today getting ready for its journey home and the end of the STS-123 mission. Among the preparations is a test of the thrusters that will be used to position the orbiter for re-entry and the control surfaces for its flight through the atmosphere.]]> ADVERTISEMENT

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]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Shuttle Endeavour's landing delayed at Cape Canaveral]]> Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 26, 2008 - The space shuttle Endeavour's scheduled landing at Kennedy Space Center was postponed Wednesday due to poor weather after a record-setting mission at the International Space Station, NASA.]]> <![CDATA[US shuttle Endeavour heads home after record mission]]> Washington (AFP) March 24, 2008 - The US space shuttle Endeavour began its trek home to Earth Monday after a record five successful spacewalks and 12 days at the International Space Station where astronauts installed Japan's maiden ISS laboratory.]]> <![CDATA[Spacewalkers test new shuttle repair techniques]]> Washington (AFP) March 21, 2008 - Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.]]> To advertise in this newsletter or website please view our advertising kit - PDF file]]> Our Next XML Newspaper ]]>